Reviews

Pop Culture ‘and Philosophy’ Books

John Shelton Lawrence reviews the genre of ‘and philosophy’ books.
[Issue 64: November/December 2007]

Is This Some Kind Of Joke?

Tim Madigan laughs at platypi.
[Issue 64: November/December 2007]

Pi and the Movie Mind

A number of recent films deal with mathematics and mathematicians. Can we learn something from them or are they misleading? Peter Stone investigates.
[Issue 64: November/December 2007]

A Political Philosophy: Arguments for Conservatism by Roger Scruton

Floris van den Berg criticises Roger Scruton’s splendid isolation.
[Issue 63: September/October 2007]

Gentle Regrets: Thoughts from a Life by Roger Scruton

Robert Cheeks praises an intellectual memoir by Roger Scruton, Britain’s best-known conservative philosopher.
[Issue 63: September/October 2007]

The Politics of Education

Judith Suissa considers the intersection of political philosophy and philosophy of education in Alan Bennett’s new film The History Boys.
[Issue 63: September/October 2007]

Just Ask The Dust

Existentialism goes to the movies. Nick DiChario finds that the novel fills spaces the film doesn’t even have.
[Issue 62: July/August 2007]

A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology by Mitchell Silver

Joel Marks asks ‘New God or no God?’.
[Issue 62: July/August 2007]

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

Mark Vernon questions Richard Dawkins’ state of self-delusion.
[Issue 62: July/August 2007]

Moreel Esperanto by Paul Cliteur

Floris van den Berg takes a course in Paul Cliteur’s moral Esperanto.
[Issue 61: May/June 2007]

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